Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tagworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tag-worm
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specific type of maggot or grub used as natural bait for catching fish, particularly trout.

Example Sentences

"The Little Gilt Tail or Tag Worm is of a pale yellow towards the tail, and shorter than the dunghill red worm, but knotted like it. He is commonly found among old horse dung…"
"The lug is a worm resembling the tagworm or angletouch, and lying in the ooze somewhat deep from whence the women dig them up and sell them to the fishermen [...]"

Etymology

According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest evidence for tag-worm is from 1602, in the writing of Richard Carew, antiquary and poet.

Inflected Forms

tagworms (plural)

Questions

What does tagworm mean?: A specific type of maggot or grub used as natural bait for catching fish, particularly trout.
Where does tagworm come from?: According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest evidence for tag-worm is from 1602, in the writing of Richard Carew, antiquary and poet.

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